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ILI^USTRATED BY PHOTO-GRAVURES AFTER ORIGINAI* DESIGNS 

BY 

FREDERICK W. FREER 
^'A people near unto him.'''' 




NEW YORK 

Copynighi, lSS~, by 

FREDERICK A. STOKES 

Successor to White, Stokes, & Allbn 



■ JUL 29 188; -/ 



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"IFlearer, m? (5ot), to Zbcc" 



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Irlearer, m\2 OoO, to tbce, 
Hearer to tbcc. 

it en tboucjb it be v. .^v^v 
XTbat raisetb mc ; 

Still all my 3om3 5ball be, 

Bearer/ my OoD, to tbee. 
Bearer to t' 



**^bouob l\\\c a wanberer, 
©apligbt all Qonc:' 



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vLboiujb iiKc a \vauDerec» 
BavHujbt all QonCr 
* BarF?nc55 comes ovcv me» 

/B^v> vest a stone , 
JUet in my Dreams f t> be 
Bearer, mv> Gob, to tbee, 
Bearer to tbee ! 



^*£lngel5 to beckon me 
IRcarer, mv 6o&, to tbec/' 



C OHYKIGHT. 18 8 7 B"2- FhEDERICK J^. StOKES-' 




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vTbcrc let tbc \va^ appear 
Steps unto bcaven ; 

mi tbat tbou 6enC>c5t me 
•ffn mercv given ; 

Bngels to becl^ou me 
^ iRearer, mv> Oo\>, to tbec, 

Bearer to tbee I 



kLben, wttb m^ waUitia tbougbts 
BtiGb^witb tb^ prrasc, 



©ut ot \xvo Btorvg gxicts 
' JSetbcl I'll raise; 

So b^ mi^ woes to be 
Bearett m^ 6o^, to tbee, 
'Bearer to tbeet 



*Wv, If on io?ful wino, 
Cleaving tbe 0ft?," 



3ir2mGiiT, 18 SZ Sir Fs'esisuhici!: A_. Stokhs. 



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Wtf it on lo^tttl wtna, 
dleaving tbe sI?p, 

Sun, moon, an^ stars torcjot, 
mpwart) f U^r 

Still all m^ soncj sball be 

flearer, mi? Ood, to tbce, 
flcarcr to tbec ! 



S^rab ^lowec aoamSr tbe autborot '*1ftearec, 
iftB 000, to Zhcc/' vva6 born in IS05, at t)arlow, 
Suissex, BnslauD » » Ibcr maiOen name wa3 
flower » . Sbe wrote several well*knowu 
bgmns, anO in IS41 sbe publisbeO a Orama entitleO 
**Diva perpetua" » . ''IRearer, ^s ©oD, to ilbee " 
first appeared In'^lbBinns anD BntbemSt'UOiteD by 
laimUam 3^, foi anD publisbeD in tbe same sear 
as "\Diva iperpetua'' . , Zbc poetess Died in IS43, 



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